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#985EF1

#985ef1 ≈ Medium Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: strong
  • Cool
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#985ef1 is a color from the violet family, with high lightness and strong saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 59.61% red, 36.86% green and 94.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 36.93% cyan, 61% magenta, 0% yellow and 5.49% black. Its hue angle is 263.67°, with 84% saturation and 65.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.21:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Medium Purple (#9370db), ΔE 5.6.

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Web safe#9966ff
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Relative luminance0.2103

Complementary

  1. #985ef1
  2. #b7f15e

Split complementary

  1. #985ef1
  2. #f1e15e
  3. #6ef15e

Analogous

  1. #5e6ef1
  2. #985ef1
  3. #e15ef1

Triadic

  1. #985ef1
  2. #f1985e
  3. #5ef198

Tetradic

  1. #985ef1
  2. #f15eb7
  3. #b7f15e
  4. #5ef198

Square

  1. #985ef1
  2. #f15e6e
  3. #b7f15e
  4. #5ef1e1

Monochromatic

  1. #4b0fa7
  2. #6b18eb
  3. #985ef1
  4. #c5a4f7
  5. #f2ebfd

Shades

#985ef1 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #985ef1
  2. #8955d9
  3. #7a4bc1
  4. #6a42a9
  5. #5b3891
  6. #4c2f79
  7. #3d2660
  8. #2e1c48
  9. #1e1330
  10. #0f0918
  11. #000000

Tints

#985ef1 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #985ef1
  2. #a26ef2
  3. #ad7ef4
  4. #b78ef5
  5. #c19ef7
  6. #ccaff8
  7. #d6bff9
  8. #e0cffb
  9. #eadffc
  10. #f5effe
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#985ef1 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #985ef1
  2. #9661e6
  3. #9365da
  4. #9168cf
  5. #8e6cc4
  6. #8c6fb9
  7. #8a72ad
  8. #8776a2
  9. #857997
  10. #827d8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.03:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7e7e7e ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #8973b8 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #007ff6 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #1b7dee ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #837e9f ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6073f4 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #6672ef ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #8c73c5 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-985ef1 {
  color: #985ef1;
}
Background
.bg-985ef1 {
  background-color: #985ef1;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-985ef1 {
  border: 2px solid #985ef1;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #985ef1;
  --color-primary-rgb: 152 94 241;
  --color-primary-hsl: 264 84% 66%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-985ef1 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #985ef1, #e15ef1);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-985ef1 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(152 94 241 / 0.35);
}

#9370db Medium Purple ΔE 5.60 #7b68ee Medium Slate Blue ΔE 5.75 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 6.10 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 8.71 #bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 9.75 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 9.77 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 10.95 #67a10e Inverted #7e7e7e Grayscale 

Medium Purple
#985ef1  rgb(152, 94, 241)  hsl(264, 84%, 66%)  Medium Purple
#b7f15e  rgb(183, 241, 94)  hsl(84, 84%, 66%)  Inchworm
#f1985e  rgb(241, 152, 94)  hsl(24, 84%, 66%)  Sandy Brown
#5ef198  rgb(94, 241, 152)  hsl(144, 84%, 66%)  Medium Spring Green